Comment: Here is an example of how the True Finns fuel xenophobia and resort to hit-below-the-belt tacticts to give their racist views legitimacy.They placed a large sign in front of a construction site stating that mosques will be built, according to Helsingin Sanomat. The daily reports that if you follow the link on the poster it will take you to the True Finns candidate Juhani Mönkkönen’s website.

The poster shows how the True Finns try to blow more hot air into their election bubble. Do you think that if a new poll showed the True Finns’ following fell by two percentage points we’d see a Titanic-type stampede for the lifeboats?

This is a new law with no practical examples of application as yet. Candidates must declare their election finances, and it is hardly credible that these plaques could have been created at no expense. If the State auditors are not satisfied with a declaration of election finances, then they may compel compliance on pain of a fine. This recent episode already represents an irregularity in campaign financing that the auditors would have to examine.